Direct Electric Current Treatment under Physiologic Saline Conditions Kills Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms via Electrolytic Generation of Hypochlorous Acid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sandvik, Elizabeth L ^a,b   McLeod, Bruce R ^a,b   Parker, Albert E ^a   Stewart, Philip S ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POLYCARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CATHODE; CELL COUNT; CELL DETACHMENT; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CASEINS; CHLORINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROLYSIS; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SULFATES;

EID: 84873491457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055118     Document Type: Article

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